Water Pollution Photos

Imagine having to use water like this...

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Kids swimming in polluted water

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Child in Africa

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Gathering dirty water

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Child drinking dirty water

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Comparing the polluted water that is 

consumed and normal, clean drinking water

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Student in Hirumbi Primary School (in Kenya)

fetching water

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Water pollution

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Gathering dirty water

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Children fetching dirty water in Uganda

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Children gathering water in India

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Water pollution in Jakarta

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Kenyan boy fetching dirty water

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Water pollution (plastic waste)

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Boy gathering dirty water

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Child drinking dirty, polluted water

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Child in Africa gathering murky, dirty water

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Fact 15

Over 30 billion tons of urban sewage are discharged into lakes, rivers and oceans each year.

Fact 14

Aquatic animals have faced an estimated extinction rate five times more than that of terrestrial animals.

Fact 14

About 700 million people worldwide drink contaminated water 

Fact 13

Plastic waste being a major water pollutant is causing huge destruction of marine life and is believed to be responsible for deaths of more than 100,000 sea mammals, sea birds and various types of fishes.

Fact 12

Asia has maximum numbers of polluted rivers than anywhere else in the world. Most of it contains bacteria created from human waste.

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As per U.S. EPA estimates every year in the U.S, 1.2 trillion gallons of sewage from household, industry and restaurants is dumped in to U.S. water annually.

Fact 10

80% of the water pollution is caused due to domestic sewage like throwing garbage on open ground and water bodies.

Fact 9

Water pollution is the major cause of various diseases like cholera and typhoid. 

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According to UNICEF, more than 3000 children die everyday globally due to consumption of contaminated drinking water.

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In America, 40% of the rivers and 46% of the lakes are polluted and are considered unhealthy for swimming, fishing, or aquatic life.

Fact 6

Ground water in Bangladesh is contaminated with arsenic. Arsenc is very toxic, acute poison and a carcinogen. Approximately 85% of the total area of Bangladesh has contaminated groundwater.

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According to the WHO (World Health Organization) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), around 2.5 billion people do not have access to improve sanitation.

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15 million children under the age of five die each year because of diseases caused by drinking water.

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At least 320 million people in China do not have access to clean drinking water.

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Around 70% of the industrial waste is dumped into the water bodies where they pollute the usable water supply.

Fact 1

Fresh water in the world is only 2.5% of the total water on this world. Make sure that the water you drink is filtered.

Ways and Places to Help

Ryan's Well - http://www.ryanswell.ca/

     This foundation started from an inspirational young boy named Ryan who was absolutely determined to build a well in Africa in 1998. In 2001, Ryan's Well Foundation was constructed and is a great place to donate money to build wells.

Water.org - http://water.org/

     Safe water transforms lives. For more than twenty years, Water.org has pioneered safe water and sanitation solutions that give women hope, children health and communities a future. 

Water for Cambodia - http://www.waterforcambodia.org/

     After visiting a children's hospital in Cambodia and learning of the desperate conditions there, and of hundreds of children arriving with preventable waterborne diseases due to lack of clean drinking water Middletown Rotarian Gunther Hausen developed the Water for Cambodia project. He provided biosand filters and taught literacy to women care givers. The project is still going on today and is helping families all over Cambodia.

The Water Project - http://thewaterproject.org/water_scarcity 

     The Water Project believes that water is a human right - not a privilege. It provides water as it believes that many humans are not able to reach their full potential as a substantial amount of their time is used to collect water.

Books and Articles

Some books you can read about water pollution and the lack of water:

A Long Walk to Water is a book about the struggles of both a boy in a war, and a girl struggling with fetching water in South Sudan.

Global Thirst: Water and Society in the 21st Century

Water Pollution (True Books: Environment)

Aquatic Pollution - An Introductory Text

Facing Up to Freshwater Pollution: We Are at a Turning Point as Momentous as the 1970s, When the Clean Water Act Was Enacted

Sustainable Cities

Ecosystem Services and the Clean Water Act: Strategies for Fitting New Science into Old Law

Technology and Engineering: Sanitary and Storm Water Treatment: Increased Education Has Shown Treating Sanitary Water Only Partially Resolves Potential Pollution Issues

Preventing Water Pollution

Here are some simples tips on preventing water pollution:

- Turn off the tap when you don't need to use it, like when brushing your teeth. This helps stop water shortages and reduces the amount of contaminated water that needs treatment.
- Don't throw things out onto the streets, roads, rivers, oceans, and any other places besides a trashcan or better yet - a recycle bin. The trash can float over to the ocean, and many animals will be able to choke on it, and the different chemicals can infect the water, and many people and animals who depend on the water could catch a deadly disease from the water. Also, animals could get stuck in the trash and get sick from eating it.
- Don't throw anything toxic or any other trash that doesn't belong in the toilet or sink like paint and oil.
- Have more plants, because it prevents fertilizer, pesticide and contaminated water to enter nearby water source.
- Don't use too much pesticides or fertilizer, because it can run into water sources nearby.
- Pick up trash that you see lying around

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Water Pollution Effects on the Environment

    Water pollution does not only affect us, it also affects the environment and its other inhabitants. 

• Heavy metals from industrial processes enter nearby lakes and rivers. These poison marine life like fish and shellfish, a common source of food for a wide variety of animals. These heavy metals then affect the entire animal food chain.
• Pollutants from sewage increase infectious diseases in different animals and plants through drinking water. 
• Organic matter and nutrients increase algae and deplete oxygen in the water. This causes the suffocation of fish and other aquatic organisms. 
• Our air pollution cause the oceans to grow more acidic, which damage shellfish and coral reefs.
• Suspended particles often  reduce the amount of sunlight in the water, which is necessary for photosynthetic plants and micro-organisms, which many different animals depend on to survive.

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Ryan's Well - Quiz

Check out this link! It's a quiz about Ryan's Well, a foundation that helps families in developing countries. How much do you know about the condition in developing countries with water? It informs you about what the daily life of a child is like, and how water affects it. Ryan's Well is also a phenomenal place that you can donate money to.

 http://www.ryanswell.ca/quiz.html 

Collecting Polluted Water

Many women in third world countries walk for miles, day to night, to get some of this type of filthy water for their families to drink and use. Many people now would think of it outrageous to even drink this type of water.

Water Pollution in Bangladesh. 2015. www.ecco.us, Bangladesh

Introduction

Welcome to Maddy and Jada's blog against polluted water. We will be posting photos, facts, articles, and videos about water pollution, its prevention and its effects on our world.

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